[bigtoona]

This is a good article that I think sums up the view of many of us who support Trump. I have not thought of him as a hardcore conservative since the beginning but as a problem solver and a patriot!

[Trumpinator]

Probably because reality based solutions and conservative ideology overlap a lot more that Trump can be seen as both a pragmatist and a conservative.

[DoodleDawg]

I argue that America needs pragmatists because pragmatists see problems and find ways to fix them. They do not see a problem and compound it by creating more problems.

So in other words, Trump gets his success by compromise. But there are some positions in politics that one should not compromise on. Trump doesn't have any.

[Impy]

We desperately need a conservative “ideologue” in the White House.

Highly amusing to see people here bragging about how their guy isn’t a conservative and how that’s a good thing.

[upsdriver]

The only difference between a political conservative and a political liberal is the degrees in GROWTH of the federal government. I've come to despise the use of the word "conservative" on here. A word people use to bludgeon anybody who happens to disagree with them. PC on the right run amok.

I said that neither does Trump view himself as a conservative. I stated it was my opinion that Trump is a pragmatist. He sees a problem and understands it must be fixed. He then sets about fixing it. He does not see the problem as liberal or conservative; he sees it only as a problem. That is a quality that should be admired and applauded, not condemned.

That says exactly what I want to see happen. We have problems that need solving. You can spout conservatism and constitution all day long but what good does it do if the same problems exist at the end of the day? Career politicians either lack the will or lack the ability to solve anything. Time for solutions, not political rhetoric.

[Truthsearcher]

I’ve heard all this before...

McCain is a plain-spoken pragmatist who can build a coalition
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968491/posts

Military culture, pragmatism shape McCain
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2008/0519/p01s01-uspo.html

A strong-willed pragmatist, McCain would need to reach across the aisle
https://www.colby.edu/news/2008/10/19/a-strong-willed-pragmatist-mccain-would-need-to-reach-across-the-aisle-14/

Pragmatist is media-speak for moderates who cave to the left.

[ModelBreaker]

“He sees a problem and understands it must be fixed. He then sets about fixing it.”

So he’s a progressive. At least he is if the government is involved in the fix. As he is running for President, he almost certainly sees the federal government as his tool of choice for ‘fixing’ those pesky ‘problems.’

That’s the philosophy that got us into the ‘fix’ we are in.